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| follower of Cherubino Alberti Winged putto ascending with sprig (design for ceiling decoration) ca.1600 wash drawing from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| Cavaliere d'Arpino Study for Eve (Expulsion from Eden) ca. 1602-03 drawing from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| Nicholas Hilliard Sibyl with book before 1617 wash drawing from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| Isaac Oliver Seated woman looking upward before 1617 wash drawing from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
Here continues the exploration of drawings in the Cavendish Album at the British Museum, with a group from the first half of the 17th century. This collection came to the Museum in 1952, exactly 229 years after the death of its assembler and first owner, Dutch connoisseur Nicolaes Anthoni Flinck. Few such accumulations by private individuals of past centuries have survived intact – most such albums were broken up and dispersed at the venal hands of dealers.
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| attributed to Francesco Vanni Holy Family with St Catherine of Siena and St John the Baptist before 1609 drawing from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| Niccolò Trometta St Peter in niche ca. 1612 drawing on faded blue paper from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| follower of Ludovico Carracci River Landscape before 1619 drawing from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| Guercino Putto supporting swag ca. 1626-27 drawing for fresco from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| Guercino Putto pulling drapery ca. 1626-27 drawing for fresco from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| Aurelio Luini St John the Baptist before 1629 drawing on blue paper from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| Johann Wilhelm Baur Battle scene ca. 1633-37 drawing from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| follower of Rembrandt Bearded man with tall hat ca. 1634-35 drawing from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| Anonymous Italian artist Portrait of Pietro da Cortona, about age 40 ca. 1635 drawing from the Cavendish Album British Museum |
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| Michel Dorigny Bacchanalian scene ca. 1640-45 drawing (print study) from the Cavendish Album British Museum |